Linda Holland <mailto:lmholland@kooee.com.au> wrote on Saturday, August 06, 2005 12:50 AM: | Hi all | | I am after photos of the old kind of clogs that my father | used to wear as a boy. He never wore a pair of ordinary shoes | until he was 14 and working. He has told me about them but I | would love to have a photo. | | They were the ones with the usual wooden sole and clog irons, | and with thick leather uppers that looked like ordinary boots on top. | | I have googled and found several sites that deal with clogs, | and clog dancing, but none of them have photos of the old | clogs - just the fancy ones or dancing ones. | | In my searches I have come up with a couple of good poems | about clogs, which has been great. | | Can anyone help? | | Linda Visman | Wangi Wangi | NSW Oz. | Take your pick from The Walkley Clog Factory in Hebden Bridge, down the road from me:- http://www.chromavision.co.uk/walkleyclogs/cat_2.htm -- Rodney HALL Heywood, Lancashire Suaviter sed fortiter Agreeably but powerfully ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rmh@rmhh.co.uk http://rmhh.co.uk/ http://rmhh.org.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi Rodney Thank you - I did come across the Walkley site afterwards, and have downloaded a couple of photos from there. I suppose the farmers clogs and the safety clogs shown there come closest to the old style my Dad would have worn?? Cheers Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Hall" <rmh@rmhh.co.uk> To: <LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 7:57 PM Subject: RE: [LANCSLIFE] Clogs > Linda Holland <mailto:lmholland@kooee.com.au> wrote on Saturday, August > 06, > 2005 12:50 AM: > > > | Hi all > | > | I am after photos of the old kind of clogs that my father > | used to wear as a boy. He never wore a pair of ordinary shoes > | until he was 14 and working. He has told me about them but I > | would love to have a photo. > | > | They were the ones with the usual wooden sole and clog irons, > | and with thick leather uppers that looked like ordinary boots on top. > | > | I have googled and found several sites that deal with clogs, > | and clog dancing, but none of them have photos of the old > | clogs - just the fancy ones or dancing ones. > | > | In my searches I have come up with a couple of good poems > | about clogs, which has been great. > | > | Can anyone help? > | > | Linda Visman > | Wangi Wangi > | NSW Oz. > | > > Take your pick from The Walkley Clog Factory in Hebden Bridge, down the > road > from me:- > http://www.chromavision.co.uk/walkleyclogs/cat_2.htm > > -- > Rodney HALL > Heywood, Lancashire > > Suaviter sed fortiter > Agreeably but powerfully > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > rmh@rmhh.co.uk > http://rmhh.co.uk/ > http://rmhh.org.uk/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ______________________________